Ms. Waters fails both these tests. She has a history of putting her own financial interests ahead of her oversight mission, and as far as the smart person standing at the top model, she has time and again demonstrated her complete lack of understanding of the very industry she regulates (well, either that or her entire career in Congress has actually been an elaborate bit of Dada-ist performance art).

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obloodyhell:

}}} she has time and again demonstrated her complete lack of understanding of the very industry she regulates (well, either that or her entire career in Congress has actually been an elaborate bit of Dada-ist performance art)

Ummm... you mean to tell me there's an actual difference between those two things?

nehemiah:

Take heart, they could have named Georgia Congressman, the Honorable Hank Johnson. Perhaps they are saving him for the Intelligence Committee? I'm sure he could put a team together to determine actual number of people that could tip the island of Guam.

Maybe all of congress is just performance art and as the country slides into the abyss all of the members will put on body stockings and spell out "th th th that's all folks" with their bodies in artistic poses. Unfortunately that would mean seeing them in body stockings. ay, mis ojos.

That's because the real reason for all those Congressional committees is to have pretty sinecures to hand out to people, to reward them for their loyalty and time served. Head of House Financial Services? That's quite the plum.